11:14 AM ET Clemson and coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $93 million deal on Friday, making it the largest deal in college football history. Swinney, who has won two national championships with Tigers, is on par to make the same average salary as Alabama coach Nick Saban. Both are set to average

6:18 PM ET Oklahoma’s season opener against Houston has been moved to Sunday, Sept. 1. The game will be on ESPN. A kickoff time has yet to be announced . This will be the first Sunday game the Sooners have ever hosted. “Of course, this isn’t something we would ever do on a Sunday night

12:27 PM ET Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier is asking a federal magistrate judge to overturn his conviction, less than a week before he is scheduled to start serving two months in jail. Spanier was in a Scranton, Pennsylvania, courthouse Thursday as his lawyers argued it violated the U.S.

8:00 AM ET We all know freshmen can’t enter the NFL draft. And with good reason. With the exceptions of once-in-a-generation prospects like Adrian Peterson, football players usually need at least three seasons to get ready for the physical maturity and speed of the game seen in the pros. But that doesn’t mean we can’t

9:21 PM ET IRVING, Texas — There was no talk of expanding the College Football Playoff, and there are no plans to change the protocol for selecting the top four teams in the country, according to multiple Power 5 commissioners who attended Wednesday’s annual CFP spring meetings. ACC commissioner John Swofford said there have been

5:46 PM ET Illinois tight end Luke Ford had his waiver request for immediate eligibility denied Wednesday by the NCAA. Ford, who transferred to Illinois from Georgia, tweeted the news Wednesday and Illinois confirmed it to ESPN.com. A native of Carterville, Illinois, Ford had one reception last year for Georgia and appeared mostly on special

12:25 PM ET “The Process” never ends for Alabama‘s Nick Saban — not even two days after the 67-year-old coach had hip replacement surgery. Alabama athletic department spokesman Josh Maxson confirmed that Saban was back in his office at the Moore Athletic Facility early Wednesday morning, less than 48 hours after he had hip replacement

10:34 AM ET Kyler Murray remains a heavy favorite at sportsbooks to be the No. 1 overall pick, but his odds were on the move as Thursday’s NFL draft approached. The odds of the Oklahoma quarterback to be taken first overall by the Arizona Cardinals had been listed at -1,200 in previous weeks at FanDuel’s

10:49 PM ET Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher says he has no plans to leave the school following athletic director Scott Woodward’s departure last week to LSU. Fisher, who won one national championship and three ACC titles during his eight seasons at Florida State, signed a 10-year, $75 million contract with Texas A&M last offseason.

5:43 PM ET NEW YORK — The key government witness in the FBI’s college basketball corruption trial began his testimony Tuesday by turning the conversation to football, and discussing multiple payments he had made to players at major programs, including at least once at a coach’s direction. Former financial advisor Marty Blazer said that from